
Baird Ballet is a Christian based dance school and our mission is to develop well rounded dancers with a strong emphasis on classical ballet. Classical ballet is the foundation of all dance forms and teaches each student discipline, confidence and a positive self expression. Accomplishing a solid foundation in ballet is crucial to becoming a great dancer in any dance style.
Wthout ballet all movements in most other styles of dance would never be performed properly. Ballet technique classes are the foundation for training with emphasis on body placement, proper turn out, use of arms and learning center and across floor combinations. Students will not rehearse for recital pieces in these classes.
Wthout ballet all movements in most other styles of dance would never be performed properly. Ballet technique classes are the foundation for training with emphasis on body placement, proper turn out, use of arms and learning center and across floor combinations. Students will not rehearse for recital pieces in these classes.
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It is recommended that all ballet students 9y and up take a ballet technique class along with their regular classes for no extra cost. Ballet technique classes are the foundation for training with emphasis on body placement, proper turn out, use of arms and learning center and across floor combinations.
To ensure your child's place in class, please mail $20 registration fee (each sibling $10). NOTE: If there are three children in same family, all three may take one class per week for $80 per month (total) for ages 3-8 years of age. Fall Registration (2021) in progress through August. If you are a returning student and know the class you will be in, please print out a registration form and mail it to the studio with September tuition.
Ballet is a traditional form of performance and concert dance that is usually performed to the accompaniment of classical music. Baird Ballet is perhaps the most challenging. Students require a lot of training and a certain amount of natural talent in order to become successful ballet dancers. By the same token, the results are all the more rewarding.
2:30-3:30 Modern, Jazz, Pas de Deux, Viewing of Classical ballets, history and discussion. Contemporary - Hannah Camacho - has studied ballet from Baird Ballet and ballet/tap/contemporary from Dance Center and currently teaches contemporary at the Dance Center. Students will enjoy creative dancing and role playing to all their favorite disney music.
Valery Lantratov has had a distinguished career as a dancer in the companies of Vladimir Vasiliev, Maya Plitsetskaya and Ekaterina Maximova and international tours with Rudolf Nureyev. A graduate of the Moscow Academic Choreographic College, Lantratov was selected as a first soloist with the Mosow Stanislavski Ballet.